How did the role of women since 1900 change over WW1 and WW2?
When men were fighting in WWI, women had to take care of businesses, homes and provide for the family. This led to them gaining more rights because they felt empowered, fought for increased rights, and showed what they could do. During the beginning of the twentieth century, as women’s suffrage gained in popularity, suffragists were subject to arrests and many were jailed. Finally, President Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to pass what became, when it was ratified in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment which prohibited state and federal agencies from gender-based restrictions on voting. Women gained national suffrage (they had previously had suffrage in some northern states but no national rights). After WWII, when men were out at war and women mainly controlled many aspects of life (like they did in WWI) they gained civil status such as greater job opportunities and they suffered less discrimination.
